How common is the surname Kaylor?

5,260 people in the United States had the surname Kaylor in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 58,697 Americans. It ranked 6,454th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Kaylor getting more or less common?

More common. 5,133 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,260 in 2010, up 2.5%.

The surname Kaylor

A surname, carried by 5,260 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K460

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kaylor is more common than 96% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,260 people named Kaylor in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 58,697 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,133.

#6,454

rank among US surnames

5,260

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+2.5%

change since 2000 (was #6,145)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,449	Newcomer	5,263	58,663
#6,451	Wyckoff	5,262	58,675
#6,452	Haun	5,261	58,686
#6,454	Hecker	5,260	58,697

Who is named Kaylor

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Kaylor identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kaylor

Kaylor has the Soundex code K460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K460.

Questions

How common is the surname Kaylor?: 5,260 people in the United States had the surname Kaylor in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 58,697 Americans. It ranked 6,454th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kaylor?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kaylor identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Kaylor getting more or less common?: More common. 5,133 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,260 in 2010, up 2.5%.